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The shaffer Surname

shaffer Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of German Schaffer ‘steward’ or of Schaefer ‘shepherd’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The shaffer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the shaffer family name as far back in history as possible.

shaffer Family Facts

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Distribution of shaffer Families in the US in 1920
Number of shaffer families
 1341-2679
 448-1340		 1-447
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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